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Description
Anne, in Sudbury, PA, wrote to Susan, no address. The letter isn't addressed to Susan, but her name is written on the second page. Names included: Col. Livingston, Mr. Swift, Major Edwards, Cousin Tilghman, Mr. J. Smith, Mr. Smith, Betsy, and Mr. Rutherford. Anne regrets she can't attend an invitation to visit Basking Ridge, NJ. Notable quote: "You Jersey ladies really have the advantage over all the Americans and engross the Beaux entirely, while we poor creatures here hardly see the face of one a week."
Author/Creator
Ann Cox
Recipient
Susan Livingston, later Susan Kean and Susan Ursin Niemcewicz (1759-1833)
Creation Date
5-8-1780
Document Type
Manuscript
Inventory Location
Bay 1, Column 1, LHC Series 2
Recommended Citation
Coxe, Ann. Anne Cox to Susan Livingston. Manuscript. From Special Collections Research Library and Archives, Kean University, Liberty Hall Collection 1780s. https://digitalcommons.kean.edu/lhc_1780s/1
Rights
This collection is open to the public for research use. Copyright remains with Kean University. Credit this material. Personal photographs may be made for research purposes. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to Lynette Zimmerman, Executive Director at the Liberty Hall Academic Center & Exhibition Hall at lzimmerm@kean.edu.
Publishing Repository
Special Collections Research Library and Archives, Kean University
Collection
The Liberty Hall Collection consists of the correspondence, financial records, legal documents, and other manuscript material of the Livingston and Kean families, dated from 1739-1847. The bulk of the collection is related to Susan Livingston Kean Niemcewicz (1759-1833). The Livingston and Kean families frequently corresponded and held accounts with other wealthy, prominent, colonial and early American families in New Jersey, especially Elizabethtown, Philadelphia, New York City, upstate New York, England, France, and Poland. A small portion of the collection includes correspondence with early Virginia families, unrelated to the Livingston and Kean families. The collection includes second hand accounts of enslaved people who were owned by the Kean and other families, offering a glimpse into their forced work and places of residence.